Ethnicity and Group Rights

by Shapiro, Ian; Kymlicka, Will

• ISBN13: 9780814780626
• ISBN10: 0814780628
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

Within Western political philosophy, the rights of groups has often been neglected or addressed in only the narrowest fashion. Focusing solely on whether rights are exercised by individuals or groups misses what lies at the heart of ethnocultural conflict, leaving the crucial question unanswered: can the familiar system of common citizenship rights within liberal democracies sufficiently accommodate the legitimate interests of ethnic citizens? Specifically, how does membership in an ethnic group differ from other groups, such as professional, lifestyle, or advocacy groups? How important is ethnicity to personal identity and self-respect, and does accommodating these interests require more than standard citizenship rights? Crucially, what forms of ethnocultural accommodations are consistent with democratic equality, individual freedom, and political stability? Invoking numerous cases studies and addressing the issue of ethnicity from a range of perspectives,Ethnicity and Group Rightsseeks to answer these questions.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Contributors	xiii
PART I: MEANINGS OF ETHNICITY AND GROUP RIGHTS
Introduction	3	(19)
Will Kymlicka
Ian Shapiro
Classifying Cultural Rights	22	(47)
Jacob T. Levy
PART II: THE IDEA OF TOLERATION
Cultural Toleration	69	(36)
Chandran Kukathas
Response to Kukathas	105	(7)
Michael Walzer
On Human Diversity and the Limits of Toleration	112	(42)
Adeno Addis
The Idea of Nonliberal Consitutionalism	154	(33)
Graham Walker
PART III: THE NORMATIVE STATUS OF ETHNICITY
Group Rights and Ethnicity	187	(35)
Thomas W. Pogge
On Justifying Special Ethnic Group Rights Comments on Pogge	222	(13)
S. James Anaya
PART IV: GROUP RIGHTS AND GROUP AGENCY
Group Agency and Group Rights	235	(22)
James W. Nickel
Common-Law Constructions of Group Autonomy: A Case Study	257	(33)
Denise G. Reaume
A Tale of Two Villages (Or, Legal Realism Comes to Town)	290	(59)
Nomi Maya Stolzenberg
PART V: GROPUP REPESENTATION
Deferring Group Repersentation	349	(28)
Iris Marion Young
What Is a Balanced Committee Democratic Theory, Public Law, and the Question of Fair Repersentation on Quasi-Legislative Bodies	377	(44)
Andrew Stark
PART VI: DYNAMICS OF INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION
Self-Determination: Politics, Philosophy, and Law	421	(43)
Donald L. Horowitz
Tribes, Regions, and Nationalism in Democratic Malawi	464	(40)
Deborah Kaspin
``That TimeWas Apartheid, Now It's the New South Africa'': Discourses of Race in Ruyterwacht, 1995	504	(36)
Courtney Jung
Jeremy Seekings
From Ethnic Exclusion to Ethnic Diversity: The Australian Path to Multiculturalism	540	(32)
John Kane
Straight Gay Politics: The Limits of an Ethnic Model of Inclusion	572	(45)
Cathy J. Cohen
Index	617